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Richard Henry Dana Middle

Public Grades 6-8

195^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 93% of California middle schools

Summary

Richard Henry Dana Middle is a high-performing public middle school serving grades 6-8 for about 710 students within the acclaimed Arcadia Unified School District, consistently ranking in the top 7% of all California middle schools for the past decade.

The school's greatest strength is its exceptional effectiveness in supporting specific student groups, achieving results in the 94th-98th percentile statewide for both economically disadvantaged students and English Language Learners, which significantly outpaces many nearby schools in other districts serving similar populations. For example, while Clifton Middle in Monrovia Unified serves a higher percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, its academic proficiency rates are notably lower than Dana Middle's. Within its own district, Dana Middle performs comparably to its peers Foothills Middle and First Avenue Middle, though it has a higher chronic absenteeism rate (8.0%) than both.

Dana Middle achieves its strong outcomes with notable efficiency, spending less per student than many comparable schools in neighboring districts like Sierra Madre Middle or Olive Middle. While the school shows some declining performance trends with certain subgroups and an opportunity to improve attendance, its long-term stability and proven ability to help all students succeed make it a pillar of the strong Arcadia Unified system.

710

Students ?

24.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,226

Per pupil spending ?

29.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1401 South First Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91006-4134

(626) 821-8361

District: Arcadia Unified

Students who attend Richard Henry Dana Middle usually attend:

High:

Arcadia High

Feeder schools for Richard Henry Dana Middle:

Elementary:	Camino Grove Elementary
	Longley Way Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

71.3%

Hispanic:

16.3%

White:

6.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 98th percentile in 2013 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (69% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of California middle schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 25 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school69%

District avg68%

California avg41%

195^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 7%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From top 2% (2015) to top 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Middle Schools in the Arcadia Unified

201^st of 1,543Arcadia Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.3	195 of 2761	92.9%	★★★★★
2024	94.1	183 of 2783	93.4%	★★★★★
2023	94.5	164 of 2781	94.1%	★★★★★
2022	95.2	130 of 2740	95.3%	★★★★★
2019	93.8	176 of 2715	93.5%	★★★★★
2018	93.9	153 of 2480	93.8%	★★★★★
2017	95.9	94 of 2508	96.3%	★★★★★
2016	95.4	88 of 2497	96.5%	★★★★★
2015	96.5	61 of 2477	97.5%	★★★★★
2013	91.8	54 of 2379	97.7%	★★★★★
2012	88.1	129 of 2259	94.3%	★★★★★
2011	90.5	81 of 2236	96.4%	★★★★★
2010	91.4	74 of 2179	96.6%	★★★★★
2009	92.0	66 of 2063	96.8%	★★★★★
2008	91.4	82 of 2005	95.9%	★★★★★
2007	91.8	83 of 1999	95.8%	★★★★★
2006	90.8	114 of 1804	93.7%	★★★★★
2005	80.1	286 of 1777	83.9%	★★★★☆
2004	88.5	141 of 1769	92.0%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.2	272 of 739	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.6	247 of 743	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.8	208 of 715	70.9%	★★★★☆
2022	72.9	205 of 733	72.0%	★★★★☆
2019	71.4	233 of 745	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.4	192 of 700	72.6%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	77.6	201 of 1531	86.9%	★★★★☆
2019	77.6	207 of 1491	86.1%	★★★★☆
2018	65.6	299 of 1369	78.2%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	92.0	46 of 1478	96.9%	★★★★★
2023	92.3	44 of 1521	97.1%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	24 of 1540	98.4%	★★★★★
2019	65.4	240 of 1442	83.4%	★★★★☆
2018	79.6	146 of 1364	89.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.3	167 of 2533	93.4%	★★★★★
2024	93.9	158 of 2551	93.8%	★★★★★
2023	94.2	151 of 2531	94.0%	★★★★★
2022	93.8	157 of 2509	93.7%	★★★★★
2019	91.2	192 of 2380	91.9%	★★★★★
2018	91.8	175 of 2262	92.3%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	64.9	633 of 2395	73.6%	★★★★☆
2024	52.3	932 of 2388	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.7	1017 of 2374	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	76.9	355 of 2359	85.0%	★★★★☆
2019	58.0	732 of 2213	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.2	555 of 2072	73.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.2	151 of 2542	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	94.8	108 of 2579	95.8%	★★★★★
2023	94.7	87 of 2531	96.6%	★★★★★
2022	90.2	145 of 2458	94.1%	★★★★★
2019	96.7	40 of 2369	98.3%	★★★★★
2018	92.2	103 of 2230	95.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.9	204 of 2534	91.9%	★★★★★
2024	92.6	193 of 2552	92.4%	★★★★★
2023	93.5	162 of 2538	93.6%	★★★★★
2022	95.3	126 of 2527	95.0%	★★★★★
2019	94.5	144 of 2407	94.0%	★★★★★
2018	94.7	119 of 2273	94.8%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.9	323 of 1566	79.4%	★★★★☆
2024	76.6	215 of 1552	86.1%	★★★★☆
2023	86.9	121 of 1531	92.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.1	776 of 1520	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.4	602 of 1537	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.3	338 of 1543	78.1%	★★★★☆
2022	54.6	686 of 1555	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	74.1	374 of 1602	76.7%	★★★★☆
2018	74.0	375 of 1496	74.9%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)97th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)94th percentile~ school

Female (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)92nd percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)87th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2025)79th percentile-14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)74th percentile-19 vs school

Asian (2025)63rd percentile-30 vs school

White (2025)49th percentile-44 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy74%+25 vs state

Mathematics68%+30 vs state

Science56%+24 vs state

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Monday, May 11, 2009

This school is so much better then the Dana Middle school that my son goes to! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Richard Henry Dana Middle	Public	6-8	1401 South First Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8361	710	29	24.8	29.4%	45 (6.3%)	3 (0.4%)	116 (16.3%)	506 (71.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.6%)	93.3	195^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.9%		94.1	183^rd of 2783 public middle schools	93.4%	12		56.2	56.2			73.0	73.6	75.1	73.8			68.0	66.8	68.2	67.7	$16,226	$1,863	$14,363
First Avenue Middle	Public	6-8	301 South First Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8362	771	31	24.7	32.7%	62 (8.0%)	16 (2.1%)	130 (16.9%)	537 (69.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.1%)	92.2	220^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.0%		94.8	162^nd of 2783 public middle schools	94.2%	58		54.9	54.9			71.1	72.5	77.4	73.6			62.8	62.0	70.3	64.9	$17,094	$1,757	$15,337
Santa Fe Computer Science Magnet	Public	6-8	148 West Duarte Rd.	Monrovia	91016	Los Angeles County	Monrovia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 471-2700	424	18	23.3	80.2%	22 (5.2%)	16 (3.8%)	310 (73.1%)	61 (14.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	45.3	1321^st of 2761 public middle schools	52.2%		50.9	1145^th of 2783 public middle schools	58.9%	176		27.8	27.8			51.5	44.0	35.6	43.8			30.6	33.6	28.0	30.8	$19,326	$1,682	$17,644
Foothills Middle	Public	6-8	171 East Sycamore Ave.	Arcadia	91006	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8363	650	29	22.6	24.2%	51 (7.8%)	5 (0.8%)	116 (17.8%)	432 (66.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (6.9%)	94.8	159^th of 2761 public middle schools	94.2%		95.5	138^th of 2783 public middle schools	95.0%	21		61.6	61.6			73.0	79.2	73.4	75.1			74.9	72.3	67.9	71.3	$16,646	$1,591	$15,055
Oak Avenue Intermediate	Public	7-8	6623 Oak Ave.	Temple City	91780	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5060	839	35	24.0	38.7%	46 (5.5%)	6 (0.7%)	170 (20.3%)	574 (68.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.1%)	92.4	213^th of 2761 public middle schools	92.3%		91.1	253^rd of 2783 public middle schools	90.9%	40		61.2	61.2				69.6	67.9	68.7				70.4	68.9	69.7	$17,807	$1,312	$16,495
Clifton Middle	Public	6-8	226 South Ivy Ave.	Monrovia	91016	Los Angeles County	Monrovia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 471-2600	634	28	22.5	60.3%	125 (19.7%)	29 (4.6%)	399 (62.9%)	39 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (6.2%)	76	563^rd of 2761 public middle schools	79.6%		82.8	422^nd of 2783 public middle schools	84.8%	141		41.2	41.2			61.4	64.1	65.8	63.6			43.0	46.8	46.4	45.4	$18,354	$1,494	$16,860
Cloverly Elementary	Public	4-6	5476 Cloverly Ave.	Temple City	91780	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5092	460	15	30.6	43.7%	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	108 (23.5%)	323 (70.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)								(n/a)	56.7		56.7	61.7	76.6	71.8			70.1	64.1	71.3	69.3			68.3	$16,542	$1,470	$15,072
Sierra Madre Middle	Public	6-8	160 North Canon Ave.	Sierra Madre	91024	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5910	597	25	23.5	39.2%	198 (33.2%)	28 (4.7%)	181 (30.3%)	116 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	72 (12.1%)	88.6	301^st of 2761 public middle schools	89.1%		89.9	280^th of 2783 public middle schools	89.9%	21		55.4	55.4			67.1	71.4	66.5	68.3			59.5	57.3	61.4	59.3	$24,983	$3,980	$21,003
Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	1372 East Las Tunas Dr.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	San Gabriel Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 287-5260	1,013	47	21.6	70.0%	34 (3.4%)	7 (0.7%)	399 (39.4%)	526 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (4.2%)	76.7	546^th of 2761 public middle schools	80.2%		81.6	449^th of 2783 public middle schools	83.9%	97		48.3	48.3			58.9	61.2	64.9	61.5			43.5	51.1	44.4	46.5	$19,478	$2,227	$17,251
Olive Middle	Public	6-8	13701 Olive St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-8416	477	28	17.2	87.6%	11 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	429 (89.9%)	33 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	37.1	1576^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.9%		42.2	1389^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.1%	187		23.3	23.3			36.6	41.8	38.2	38.9			26.2	35.9	19.0	27.1	$28,437	$5,909	$22,528

Frequently Asked Questions about Richard Henry Dana Middle

What high school do graduates of Richard Henry Dana Middle attend?

Students who attend Richard Henry Dana Middle usually go on to attend Arcadia High

Is Richard Henry Dana Middle a good school?

Yes. Richard Henry Dana Middle ranks in the top 7.1% of California middle schools.

How many students attend Richard Henry Dana Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 710 students attended Richard Henry Dana Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Richard Henry Dana Middle?

Students at Richard Henry Dana Middle are 71% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% Two or more races.

What district is Richard Henry Dana Middle in?

Arcadia Unified

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